Not All Private Equity People Are Evil.

There Is No Economic Policy. That's Really Important To Say. The General Modus Operandi Of The Bushies Is That They Don't Make Policies To Deal With Problems. They Use Problems To Justify Things They Wanted To Do Anyway. So There Is No Policy To Deal With The Lack Of Jobs. There Really Isn't Even A Policy To Deal With Terrorism. It's All About How Can We Spin What's Happening Out There To Do What We Want To Do.

The Raw Fact Is That Every Successful Example Of Economic Development This Past Century – Every Case Of A Poor Nation That Worked Its Way Up To A More Or Less Decent, Or At Least Dramatically Better, Standard Of Living – Has Taken Place Via Globalization, That Is, By Producing For The World Market Rather Than Trying For Self-sufficiency.

I Think So Long As Fossil Fuels Are Cheap, People Will Use Them And It Will Postpone A Movement Towards New Technologies.

Are You, Or Is Someone You Know, A Gadget Freak? If So, You Doubtless Know That Wednesday Was Iphone 5 Day, The Day Apple Unveiled Its Latest Way For People To Avoid Actually Speaking To Or Even Looking At Whoever They're With.

You Know That Republicans Will Yell About The Evils Of Partisanship Whenever Anyone Tries To Make A Connection Between The Rhetoric Of Beck, Limbaugh, Etc. And The Violence I Fear We’re Going To See In The Months And Years Ahead. But Violent Acts Are What Happen When You Create A Climate Of Hate. And It’s Long Past Time For The Gop’s Leaders To Take A Stand Against The Hate-mongers.